Druids... did they or didn't they...

[Yellow Fang]

http://www.druidry.org/library/miscellaneous/druidic-art-writing

Perhaps it was not so much that the druids were a threat to the Romans that provoked them to persecute them, but that they just got on their tits.

 

[Fnaar]

There's no doubt about her mind, putting up with you, but what about......not going to go there

I hasten to add, her full title is "Miss Goodbody up the road" ... she's a local phenomenon*

*and totally a figment of my feverish imagination

 

[classic33]

Perhaps it was not so much that the druids were a threat to the Romans that provoked them to persecute them, but that they just got on their tits.

There's a monthly magazine at the base of the page! They must write somethings down.

 

[Dave 123]

Davina, I reckon

I'd have said little Miss Maitliss.

 

[mustang1]

I read this book called London (actually still in the middle of reading it) where they mention druids from the early beginnings when London was merely a few huts scattered around. Quite an excellent read if anyone's interested.

 

[SD1]

I read this book called London (actually still in the middle of reading it) where they mention druids from the early beginnings when London was merely a few huts scattered around. Quite an excellent read if anyone's interested.

About London from when it was just a couple of huts?
How London centric can one get!

 

[Cuchilo]

I'd have said little Miss Maitliss.

 

[Fnaar]

...anyway, back to Druids:

 

[ufkacbln]

According to Nigel Tufnel Stonehenge was built by one man... called Derek

Obviously a totally inaccurate theory, I mean, a Celt called Derek?

 

[MontyVeda]

Obviously a totally inaccurate theory, I mean, a Celt called Derek?

i stand corrected... it was Duncan:

 

[tyred]

I like Druids

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

[QUOTE 3952344, member: 259"]At least she doesn't strut around with a massive handbag like that awful Scottish bloke .[/QUOTE]
Aye, don't mind me...

 

[MontyVeda]

[QUOTE 3952344, member: 259"]At least she doesn't strut around with a massive handbag like that awful Scottish bloke with the bob.[/QUOTE]
...or a rucksack full of bubble wrap a la Nick Crane.

And Neil Oliver reminds me of this...

(Not the young lady... I'll add!)

 

[byegad]

Julius Caesar bigged them up in his self aggrandising 'The Conquest of Gaul'. As he did the by then old fashioned war chariots used by the Ancient British. As has been said earlier in the thread Suetonius made mention of them in the later Claudian invasion of Britain. How important they were we'll probably never know but they certainly existed, however I suspect that modern 'Druids' have little more than the name in common with those of 2000 years ago.

 

[Profpointy]

With all this talk of Druids, I can't help thinking of Malcolm Pryce's glorious Aberystwyth books, telling dark tales of private investigators in a an alternative Aberystwyth controlled by the " Druids in their sharp Swansea suits and driving round in blacked-out Maestros"